Mar 22, 2020 —
A Tesla Model 3 crash that killed driver Jeremy Banner was caused by a combination of factors, including Banner's overreliance on Tesla's Autopilot system.
The March 2019 crash occurred when Banner, 50, was driving his 2018 Model 3 on Highway 441 in Delray Beach, Florida.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Mr. Banner was killed when his Tesla slammed into a tractor-trailer trying to cross the southbound lanes of Highway 441 to turn ...

Mar 15, 2020 —
The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) says new rules for driverless car technology must be mandatory because following voluntary guidelines is a fool’s errand and won't protect the public.
Voluntary guidelines are great for automakers, but to decrease the nearly 40,000 crash fatalities a year takes more than allowing companies to self-regulate.
According to the Center, autonomous vehicle technology will play a large role in safer transportation, but allowing ...

Feb 4, 2020 —
The Tesla "Autopilot" name allegedly should be changed to clarify the technology isn't fully autonomous and it requires a driver to stay fully engaged with the vehicle and its surroundings.
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), made the recommendation after a review of the Autopilot system, technology that allegedly offers assistance to a driver.
Multiple Tesla drivers have crashed while Autopilot was activated due to placing their faith in a name that ...

Dec 8, 2019 —
A Tesla Model 3 driver who crashed into a parked police car and then hit a disabled car says he was checking on his dog in the rear seat when the crash occurred.
As in multiple Tesla crashes, instead of paying attention to the road and surroundings, the Model 3 driver said he had Autopilot engaged and didn't notice the flashing lights on two police cruisers.
According to the Connecticut State Police, the crash occurred in the early hours of December 7 when ...

Dec 3, 2019 —
Driverless cars with no steering wheels aren't ready for prime-time and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) allegedly ought to have enough common sense to accept that fact.
That's the position of the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) which believes the federal agency responsible for driver safety should focus on that very job.
According to the Center, NHTSA believes current federal safety standards are standing in the way of autonomous ...

Nov 19, 2019 —
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has finally said what safety advocates have yelled about for years concerning self-driving cars and autonomous companies.
According to a report from the NTSB that was 18 months in the making, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is failing to protect the public by allowing autonomous companies to self-regulate.
The NTSB report occurred only because of a March 18, 2018, fatal crash between a ...

Nov 9, 2019 —
The death of Elaine Herzberg in March 2018 was caused by a self-driving vehicle system that could not see " jaywalkers " and failed to classify Herzberg as a pedestrian.
Herzberg, 49, was killed when the Volvo SUV struck her as she ignored the crosswalk signs and walked her bike onto the road. The bike had no side reflectors and the front and rear reflectors faced away from the self-driving Volvo.
Additionally, Herzberg's toxicology tests came back positive ...

Sep 11, 2019 —
What would happen if driverless cars were hacked and brought to a halt in rush hour traffic in New York?
Research conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Multiscale Systems examined the consequences by using physics to simulate what hackers could do to internet-connected cars on a large scale.
The research looked at the gridlock that would be possible in a major city if hackers bypassed cybersecurity systems and stranded driverless cars and their ...

Sep 9, 2019 —
A Tesla Autopilot recall is necessary because " a vehicle that enables a driver to not pay attention, or fall asleep, while accelerating into a parked fire truck is defective and dangerous ."
That statement was provided by the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its conclusions about a Tesla Model S crash .
The January 2018 California crash into the firetruck occurred when the Tesla driver ignored ...

Sep 7, 2019 —
A Tesla Autopilot crash into a firetruck was primarily caused by the Tesla Model S P85 driver, although some blame is placed on the Autopilot system itself.
The January 22, 2018, Tesla crash into the firetruck occurred in Culver City, California as the Model S driver ignored the road.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened an investigation after driver Michael Tran, who was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, reported he ...

Aug 5, 2019 —
A Tesla Model 3 Autopilot lawsuit has been filed over the death of Jeremy Banner who was killed when his Model 3 crashed into a tractor-trailer on March 1, 2019, in Delray Beach, Florida.
The crash is currently under a federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and investigators released a preliminary report that provided details of the incident.
Jeremy Banner, 50, was driving his 2018 Tesla Model 3 southbound on U.S. 441 in ...

Jul 29, 2019 —
A minor crash between a tractor-trailer and a Las Vegas self-driving shuttle was partly caused by the shuttle " attendant " not being in a position to take manual control of a device that looks like a video game controller.
The November 2017 collision occurred around noon on South 6th Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, between a tractor-trailer and a 2017 Navya autonomous shuttle carrying 7 passengers and a 38-year-old attendant.
The driverless Navya ...

May 20, 2019 —
GM's driverless car strategy is being questioned by the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) which says the automaker shouldn't be exempted from safety standards that require brake pedals and steering wheels.
The Center says it submitted formal comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) based on petitions filed by General Motors and Nuro, Inc.
CAS also claims NHTSA ignored the law when safety regulators created a temporary process for ...

Apr 13, 2019 —
Although the U.S. government says it has the safety of consumers in mind when the subject involves autonomous vehicles and technology, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has for the most part stepped aside to allow automakers to police themselves.
Safety regulators claim they don't want to stifle innovation by forcing mandated standards onto autonomous companies, a decision that allows self-driving automakers to make up their own rules ...

Apr 3, 2019 —
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has advanced the appointment of Heidi King to sit in the driver's seat of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
In a 14-12 vote by Committee members, President Trump's choice to head NHTSA will now move to a full vote by the Senate a year after Trump nominated King.
According to her bio, King is an economist and research scientist who worked in both government and private ...

Dec 11, 2018 —
General Motors vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning systems can reduce rear-end collisions by 43 percent compared to vehicles without front crash prevention systems.
And vehicles equipped with both features can reduce rear-end crashes with injuries by 64 percent, more evidence that certain safety features should be standard on all new vehicles.
GM describes its forward collision alert system as technology that ...

Dec 2, 2018 —
What's in a name? When it comes to partially automated driving systems, apparently a lot.
The latest research from AAA indicates 40 percent of U.S. consumers believe partially automated driving systems can do all the driving, a scary proposition for all drivers on the roads.
Names such as Autopilot, Pilot Assist and ProPILOT allegedly confuse some drivers who don't pay attention to their surroundings because they believe the cars handle all the driving ...

Oct 23, 2018 —
Advanced driver assistance systems can be lifesavers as long as drivers know what the systems will do, but researchers found drivers put great trust in certain safety technologies without knowing the limitations of those systems.
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) typically include lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring and forward collision warning, although some vehicles have additional features labeled as ADAS.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic ...

Oct 22, 2018 —
Driverless vehicle company Transdev North America has been warned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to stop transporting school children in driverless shuttles in the Florida community of Babcock Ranch.
According to NHTSA, Transdev has already agreed to halt the operation that uses EZ10 Generation II driverless shuttles.
Federal safety regulators allege Transdev asked for permission months ago to temporarily import the driverless ...

Oct 21, 2018 —
An 80-page government document called " Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 ," got the attention of the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) which promptly petitioned the government to create enforceable safety standards for autonomous cars.
The Center submitted the petition to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to request a regulation requiring all driverless car companies to provide safety information to federal ...

Oct 9, 2018 —
Land Rover is recalling 86 model year 2018 Land Rover Range Rover, Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Discovery SUVs because the autonomous emergency braking system may be disabled without warning.
The automaker says a driver won't know the system isn't working, a problem Land Rover says can be fixed by updating the software.
The recall is expected to begin November 9, 2018.
Customers with questions can contact Land Rover at 800-637-6837 and use ...

Sep 14, 2018 —
About 50 percent of U.S. consumers want nothing to do with purchasing fully autonomous cars as acceptance levels of sharing the roads with driverless cars have dropped across the country.
It was just two years ago that 30 percent of consumers said they would never buy a fully autonomous vehicle.
Researchers also found in 2016 about 63 percent of the public said the roads would be safer if cars were automated, but only 45 percent hold that view now.
The ...

Sep 13, 2018 —
A report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) concludes that humans will still be responsible for driving chores even as driverless cars are introduced to the highways.
The report was paid for by the State Farm insurance company and written by Jim Hedlund, a former senior official at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Researchers looked at how autonomous vehicles will function based on different levels of technology ...

Sep 6, 2018 —
Toyota is investing $500 million in ride-sharing company Uber to get self-driving vehicles built on the platform of the Toyota Sienna minivan.
The vehicles will be based on Uber’s autonomous system and the Toyota Guardian automated safety system, in addition to using Toyota's system for connected vehicles.
The Guardian system is used to protect the vehicle if it encounters a potentially hazardous situation and will allegedly take action if the driver does not ...

Sep 3, 2018 —
Jaguar Land Rover is testing virtual eyes on vehicles to determine how pedestrians trying to cross a street will react to and trust self-driving vehicles.
Engineers have been working with cognitive psychologists to better understand how " friendly-faced eye pods " will give pedestrians confidence the self-driving vehicle sees them as they wait to cross a street.
According to Jaguar, 63 percent of pedestrians have worries about crossing streets while trying to ...

Jul 25, 2018 —
In another sign that driverless car technology needs oversight and safeguards that it's not getting, a diverse group of 70 consumer advocates have joined together to ask Congress to do its job.
The groups and individuals have serious concerns about the prospect of attaching the AV START Act to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. The AV START Act contains proposed federal driverless car regulations created by the Senate, except it's ...

Jul 8, 2018 —
The thought of riding in a vehicle controlled by driverless car technology is still a scary proposition, even for the generation of drivers born between 1981 and 1996.
Known as Millennials, this group has historically been accepting of driverless technology, but researchers from AAA say 64 percent of Millennials are now afraid of fully autonomous cars. Compare that to the 49 percent who were afraid in 2017 and it provides an idea of how attitudes toward the ...

Jun 27, 2018 —
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report about a 2014 Tesla Model S crash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The car was traveling at a speed of 116 mph on a road with a 30 mph speed limit just three seconds before the crash.
Based on reports from people who witnessed the crash, the Model S traveled into the left lane to pass a vehicle and lost control while moving to the right lane. The car hit and climbed onto a curb, ...

Jun 7, 2018 —
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report about a Tesla crash that occurred on March 23, 2018, when 38-year-old Wei Huang was driving his 2017 Model X on Highway 101 in Mountain View, California.
According to officials, the SUV was traveling with Autopilot engaged, specifically Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and lane-keeping technology called Autosteer.
According to Tesla, the cruise control feature should allow a set ...

Jun 6, 2018 —
What's in a name? According to the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) and Consumer Watchdog, it's the difference between life and death for Tesla drivers who believe a technology called "Autopilot" really means "self-driving."
Autopilot is a system that comprises multiple semi-autonomous features that allegedly make driving safer and easier, but the technology has come under scrutiny due to crashes that occurred with the technology engaged .
In a letter to the ...

May 28, 2018 —
A Tesla Enhanced Autopilot 2.0 class-action lawsuit that includes the Model S and Model X should be finalized soon as the plaintiffs and Tesla agreed on a proposed settlement that awaits approval by a federal judge.
Tesla originally said the class-action lawsuit was nothing more than an attempt by lawyers to make money by using arguments from owners who had an “ inaccurate and sensationalistic ” understanding of the technology.
The plaintiffs and Tesla agreed ...

May 24, 2018 —
The NTSB Uber report of a self-driving car crash that killed an Arizona woman has been released in its preliminary version that shows the modified 2017 Volvo XC90 SUV had its automatic emergency braking feature disabled.
The National Transportation Safety Board says its preliminary report doesn't include a probable cause for the fatal crash, and current information could change as the investigation continues.
The NTSB’s preliminary report says the pedestrian, ...

Apr 1, 2018 —
Four Minnesota senators have introduced a bill that would ban self-driving cars from state highways and roads unless the automated driving systems are disabled and humans perform all the driving tasks.
Senators Jim Abeler, John A. Hoffman, Rich Draheim and Carrie Ruud filed the bill after an Arizona woman was hit and killed by a self-driving Volvo SUV owned and tested by ride-hailing company Uber.
Although video of the crash shows the woman walking into the ...

Mar 30, 2018 —
A Tesla Model X that crashed and burned had its Autopilot system engaged when the SUV slammed into a California highway barrier, causing the front of the SUV to disintegrate and the battery pack to catch on fire.
The Model X driver, Wei Huang, was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Tesla says the data shows Autopilot was engaged with the adaptive cruise control follow-distance set to a minimum when the crash occurred on March 23, ...

Mar 26, 2018 —
An Uber self-driving car crash video has convinced Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to suspend Uber's ability to test autonomous vehicles in the state.
In a letter to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the governor says he " found the video to be disturbing and alarming, and it raises many questions about the ability of Uber to continue testing in Arizona ."
The video shows a self-driving Volvo SUV equipped with Uber autonomous technology as it hits and runs over ...

Mar 22, 2018 —
An Uber self-driving car crash lawsuit is forthcoming as the daughter of victim Elaine Herzberg has retained Arizona personal injury lawyers to determine why the autonomous Volvo SUV hit and killed her mother.
Elaine Herzberg, 49, was killed as she was pushing her bike across a Tempe street when the self-driving Volvo struck her as she entered the same lane as the SUV. Herzberg was not using a crosswalk and video of the crash (below) shows the Volvo never ...

Mar 19, 2018 —
An Uber self-driving SUV has killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, as she was walking her bicycle across the street.
Early reports say Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bike outside the crosswalk lanes when the self-driving Volvo SUV struck her. Herzberg was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Tempe police say the SUV was traveling 38 miles per hour when the woman walked from the center median into the path of the Volvo.
Authorities say they viewed a video of ...

Feb 28, 2018 —
California is at it again with changing regulations for driverless cars as the state says it will allow cars without drivers to start cruising public roadways.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has changed its autonomous regulations like a newborn goes through diapers, but this time the term "driverless" is literal. Sorta.
Each car will have a remote-control operator who must be ready to take control if things don't go as planned. The new ...

Feb 23, 2018 —
A Tesla Model X crash has caused the insurance company for the Tesla driver to sue the automaker by claiming the crash occurred with the Autopilot feature activated.
Insurance provider MemberSelect says it provided auto insurance for the driver of the Model X, David Gillie, but because of failures of the Autopilot system, the company made a payment to Mr. Gillie for the significant damage caused to the Model X in the amount of $112,445.54, including the ...

Jan 27, 2018 —
The collision of a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt and a San Francisco motorcyclist has caused a personal injury lawsuit to be filed against General Motors.
The plaintiff, Oscar Willhelm Nilsson, claims he was riding the motorcycle in San Francisco in December 2017 when the self-driving 2016 Chevrolet Bolt hit the bike and knocked it and the plaintiff onto the road.
According to the lawsuit, Mr. Manuel DeJesus Salazar was in the driver’s seat of the autonomous ...

Jan 25, 2018 —
An alleged Tesla Model S Autopilot crash in California will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after the driver said Autopilot was engaged when the Model S crashed into a firetruck.
According to the Culver City Fire Department, the car was traveling about 65 mph when the crash occurred, damaging the car and firetruck but leaving the Model S driver and firefighters unscathed.
The firetruck was on the freeway due to a motorcycle ...

Jan 7, 2018 —
Auto safety organization, Consumer Watchdog, says self-driving car companies are taking advantage of the government's hands-off approach to matters of safety by failing to provide reports about the safety of the technology.
Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) created its 12-point safety "voluntary guidelines" for autonomous companies, only Waymo (Google) has published a safety report. And even with that, Consumer Watchdog says ...

Dec 17, 2017 —
California's proposed driverless car regulations have changed once again, but this time the changes have met approval by auto safety advocates.
California has made multiple changes to its proposed driverless car regulations, going from positions seen as consumer-friendly , to writing up standards recommended by self-driving automakers. Driverless car manufacturers saw some of the proposed rules as too strict, blocking innovation and hindering the work toward ...

Nov 20, 2017 —
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has proposed self-driving car regulations that could place crash liabilities on drivers who don't follow their owner's manuals to the letter.
Although the wording isn't official and is still being drafted, the DMV seems to appreciate a recommendation proposed by the chief counsel for the driverless car division of General Motors.
Although self-driving car companies may want consumers to believe those companies ...

Nov 14, 2017 —
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), automakers and other companies are working together to get fully computerized driverless cars on the roads, but the artificial intelligence (AI) involved has some very smart people worried about who will be controlling what.
According to physicist Stephen Hawking, computers have the potential to rule humanity and eventually destroy civilization as we know it, all because computers decide to ignore ...

Nov 12, 2017 —
The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) says the federal government needs to do its job by creating mandatory driverless car policies enforced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a job safety regulators have allegedly left behind in favor of "voluntary guidelines."
The voluntary policy, called “Automated Driving Systems 2.0,” gives automakers the right to self-regulate the driverless car industry, and according to CAS, public safety hasn't ...

Oct 29, 2017 —
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is allegedly the agency responsible for the safety of autos and consumers on the roads.
But according to independent safety advocates, NHTSA has left its responsibilities to automakers, even more so concerning the subject of self-driving cars.
The latest word from federal regulators won't change the opinions of consumer advocates as NHTSA released a statement saying it will soon seek comments on what ...

Oct 2, 2017 —
Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced their vision of driverless car legislation that would overhaul federal laws created at a time when the thought of a driverless car would have been science fiction.
The government is good about coming up with all kinds of long names to describe new legislative proposals, and this one is no different: the “American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary ...

Sep 12, 2017 —
A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Tesla crash investigation has concluded by saying the driver of the Model S, the driver of a tractor-trailer and the design of the Model S itself are all to blame in the death of former Navy SEAL, Joshua Brown.
The NTSB report blames the deadly crash on "driver errors," an "overreliance on automation" and a "lack of safeguards" designed into Tesla's "Autopilot" system.
The May 2016 Florida crash occurred when ...

Sep 12, 2017 —
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced voluntary guidelines for states and driverless car companies to follow, just days after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to make it easier for self-driving cars to get on the roads.
DOT Secretary Elaine Chao announced the guidelines called "Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety" that consumer advocates say will make everyone on the roads nothing more than lab rats.
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